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Seaside baby, mom killed by suspected DUI driver in Livermore

Baby Juli at her first birthday party, left, and the crash scene, right.

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Seaside baby, mom killed by suspected DUI driver in Livermore

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Updated: 2:39 PM PDT May 5, 2015

SEASIDE, Calif. (NBC BAY AREA) —

A Seaside mother and her baby were celebrating a First Communion in Livermore, Calif. when they were killed on Saturday.

Esperanza Morales, 40, of Seaside, and 14-month-old Juli were walking together on a path through an apartment complex when a Corvette driver plowed over a sidewalk and hit them on the path.

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The Corvette then struck two trees, crashed into the backyards of two apartments and came to rest at the rear of one of the units. Two boys playing in a backyard were injured by flying debris. The mother and daughter were pronounced dead at the scene.

As he made his first court appearance on Tuesday, Jones was confronted by victims' family members in the courthouse's parking lot.

Jones did not speak to reporters as he entered the Alameda County Superior courthouse in Pleasanton, flanked by several people. Cameras were not allowed inside the courtroom, but outside, relatives, neighbors and friends of the mother and baby shouted angry words at Jones, who mostly looked down.

They waved signs that read "Justice" in front of his car before he pulled away, and others shouted "killer." They couldn't believe that two people were dead, and that he got to go home to his bed and shower.

"I'm mad. It's unfair," said family friend Dalia Hall. "What they need? ($350,000) for bail for someone who owns a Corvette?"

Jones was arrested on suspicion of charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury.

According to Officer Ryan Sanchez, Jones was driving with a 0.13 percent blood-alcohol content or higher, which is nearly twice the legal limit, when he lost control of his 2014 Chevrolet Corvette.

Police also said Jones was speeding.

Jones' lawyer, Ernie Castillo, said that Jones has been an "emotional wreck every second of the day over what happened and he's extremely sorry" and "full of remorse."

"He took two lives and I hope that haunts him forever because it's going to haunt me forever," family member Rosa Morales said at a vigil on Monday night.

Morales partially blames herself for the tragedy because relatives had gathered at her family's apartment to celebrate her 19th birthday and a Catholic family member's First Communion.

Simon Martinez created a GoFundMe page to send the bodies of mother and daughter back to Mexico. As of Tuesday morning, $21,000 had been donated.

Morales is survived by her 45-year-old husband, a 10-year-old son and 22-year-old daughter.

"This is a horrific and unfortunate event and the Livermore Police Department offers its condolences to the families involved," LPD said.